The IIHMR University has been established by Government of Rajasthan vide the IIHMR University Ordinance, 2013 (Ordinance No 30 of 2013) promulgated on September 27,2013 by the Governor which was replaced by the IIHMR University Act, 2014 (Act No.3, of 2014) passed by the State Legislature on February 07, 2014. The Act of 2014
received the assent of the Governor on 25th day of February, 2014 and was finally notified in Rajasthan Gazette Extraordinary on February 26,2014.

Jaipur, January
12, 2016: Unsafe
use of medication is a major issue in health care in both developed and
developing countries, causing millions of patient injuries and costing billions
of dollars to health-care systems.WHO reports that 10% of patients
worldwide are affected due to errors in medical care. This also estimates
that in developed nation between 7.5% and 10.4% of patients in acute care
settings and 13% in ambulatory settings experience adverse drug events. The
financial burden of these errors is as high as US$ 4 billion a year, not
counting lost wages, productivity or additional health-care costs. Hence this
similar level of harm from unsafe medication is prevailed in both developed and
developing nations which confirm that patient medication safety and quality
management is a global priority.

The IIHMR
University, Institute of Health Management Research, Jaipur has been
contributing towards this very topical issue of international importance
through its flagship yearly WHO sponsored International Courses in Promoting
Rational Drug Use in Communities (PRDUC) for last 11 years. Following the need
of communication skills amongst the hospital Pharmacists, The India Institute
of Health Management and Research, University (IIHMR), Jaipur has initiated a
Management Development Programme on ‘Patient Medication Safety and Communication Skills
for Hospital Pharmacists’

Speaking about
this Management Development Programme Dr. SD Gupta, President, IIHMR
University said, “The adverse drug events and medication errors cause
significant health and economic repercussions both in developed and developing
countries. Therefore a global concerted effort is needed to address patient
medication safety and it needs by involving all healthcare stakeholders,
including patients. Communication has become the buzzword for healthcare
professionals, in part due to the overwhelming reports of medication misuse.
According to a healthcare research report majority of population are failing to
comply some way with their medication regimens. Better communication skills in
pharmacy practice enhance the pharmacist's ability to develop professional
relationships with their patients, co-workers and other healthcare providers to
optimize health care. . To addresses the issues related to Patient medication
safety and medicines management, a Management Development Program on
"Patient Medication safety and Communication Skills for Hospital
Pharmacist" is being organized at IIHMR from January 11-15, 2016.”

Abhishek
Dadhich, Assistant Professor and Programme Co-coordinator, IIHMR University
said,
“This program is designed for public health professionals and pharmacists
currently holding positions of responsibility within health systems. The
objective of the management development programme on Patient Medication Safety
and Communication Skills for Hospital Pharmacists is to enable participants
understand the concepts and need of medication safety culture in
organization, develop error-reduction strategies around the use of
high-alert medications, The program enable participant to make effective
communication techniques to prevent human error while patient medication is
going on, The program also focus on how to promote two-way communication
with patients and health care professionals and enable participants to identify
common barriers to verbal communication and describe ways to overcome each
barrier.”

The program will
use a mix of lecture by resource persons to introduce the lead concept and

encourage active
interaction by the participants through classroom discussions, group work

Wednesday, 13 January 2016

IIHMR Universityhas introduced PhD Program in 2014. It is a doctoral
program in the health sector with a multidisciplinary focus. The areas of
research include public health, health and hospital management, nursing management,
pharmaceutical management, population and reproductive health, health economics
and finance, urban health, rural health, health nutrition, health communication
and behavior change, information technology in the health sector, health
systems and related areas. The program is open to postgraduates and health
professionals in the field of management, public health and medicine, nursing,
ISM, health economics and finance, demography, and allied sciences.

The PhD Program broadly aims at
building and strengthening research capacity in the management of health care
in order to improve the standards of health of people through accessible,
affordable and equitable health services. The following are the objectives of
the proposed program:

Building capacity in research to strengthen health
systems through enhanced efficiency and effectiveness, developing evidence
based policies, strategies and interventions in the health sector.

Developing high quality human resources for conducting
management research in health care in the area of policy, strategy and
program management, and evaluation.

Developing outstanding academicians and management
Professionals for higher level management teaching and research in
postgraduate institutions, universities, health care industry, and
government and consulting organizations

The
Program is Designed to Enable the Students:

To meet the needs of research
competency and skills of postgraduates, researchers, academicians and teachers,
health administrators and mid-career health care professionals in private and
government health sectors in policy and program management research in the
health sector including hospitals, health systems and services, pharmaceutical
management.

Duration
of the Programme

The minimum program duration is
three years including period of registration. Registration in PhD is subject to
passing qualifying examination which will be based on the course work in the
first year of the program. Program has three important mile stones; namely;
course work with 32 credits; writing research proposal and data collection; and
thesis writing and submission.

The maximum period allowable to
complete PhD is five years. The candidate will have to re-register if he/she
does not complete PhD in 5 years.

ELIGIBILITY
CRITERIA

Masters’ Degree or Post Graduate
Diploma in Management (PGDM) from a UGC/AICTE recognized institution or
university, with at least 55% marks (or equivalent grade) for general category
and 50% marks for SC and ST candidates in hospital and health management,
general management, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, health informatics, social and
behavioral sciences, economics, commerce, science, demography and statistics.

Faculty in the teaching
institutions, researchers/ scientists in research organizations and working
professionals with relevant qualifications and experience are encouraged to
join the program and will be given preference in selection.

The IIHMR University encourages
working professionals (health administrators, policy makers, medical/ nursing
and management professionals) to undertake the PhD Program to enhance
competence in evidence based research for policy and program development. They
will be given adequate weightage in admission. Such candidates should have
minimum five years experience of working in the health sector.